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Ripple Effect

James Farley

suffocation
a blinding of my senses
sinking like the pebble
thrown into the pond
my breath
stopped
my body
numb
my eyes
glassy
i feel the cold water take hold
i sink like the pebble
the water ripples
inhale
exhale
nothing
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Submitted on September 25, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGHIGJCKLLM
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 206
Words 41
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
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